2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam

The 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 1st edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series.[1]

2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam
VenueWuxi Taihu International Expo Center
LocationWuxi, China
Dates30 December–20 January 2018
Competitors96
Total prize moneyUS$760,000
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Qualifications and seeding position

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Seed Result
No. 1 Seed   2016 Olympic Champion
No. 2 Seed   2017 World Champion (heavier weight category)
No. 3 Seed   2017 World Champion (lighter weight category)
No. 4 Seed   2017 Grand Prix Final Champion
No. 5 Seed   2017 Grand Prix Series 1 Champion
No. 6 Seed   2017 Grand Prix Series 2 Champion
No. 7 Seed   2017 Grand Prix Series 3 Champion
No. 8 Seed   2016 Grand Prix Final Champion
No. 9 Seed   1st place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament
No. 10 Seed   2nd place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament
No. 11 Seed   3rd place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament
No. 12 Seed   Host Country Place Athlete
  • In case of multi qualified athlete(s) as well as withdrawal of invitation among No.1 to No. 8 seeded athletes, the higher seeding position shall be assigned to athlete as mandatory.
  • No.9 to No. 12 seeding are fixed position, and replacement for No.9 to No. 11 will be decided by the rules of Qualification Tournament for Wuxi 2017 WT Grand Slam Champions Series
  • In case of multi qualified athlete(s) as well as withdrawal of invitation among No.1 to No.8 seeded athletes, following replacement rule shall apply:
1st Replacement By The Next Highest Ranked Athlete in Olympic Ranking of November 2017
2nd Replacement By The Next Highest Ranked Athlete in Olympic Ranking of November 2017
3rd Replacement By Recommendation of WT Technical Committee
4th Replacement By Recommendation of WT Technical Committee
5th Replacement or beyond By The Next Highest Ranked Athlete in Olympic Ranking of November 2017

Events schedule

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The competition was held every saturday since 30 December 2017 to 20 January 2018.[2]

Event Date Weight Division
Men Women
30 December 2017 -80 kg +67kg
6 January 2018 -68 kg -67kg
13 January 2018 +80 kg -49kg
20 January 2018 -58 kg -57kg

Medal summary

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The team championships were also held in the same arena but for a different competition, called the World Cup Team Championships.[3][4][5]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
58 kg Kim Tae-hun
  South Korea
Jang Jun
  South Korea
Mikhail Artamonov
  Russia
68 kg Lee Dae-hoon
  South Korea
Zhao Shuai
  China
Alexey Denisenko
  Russia
80 kg Maksim Khramtsov
  Russia
Namgoong Hwan
  South Korea
Milad Beigi
  Azerbaijan
+80 kg In Kyo-don
  South Korea
Roman Kuznetsov
  Russia
Sajjad Mardani
  Iran

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
49 kg Kim So-hui
  South Korea
Vanja Stanković
  Serbia
Wenren Yuntao
  China
57 kg Irem Yaman
  Turkey
Zhou Lijun
  China
Luo Zongshi
  China
67 kg Ruth Gbagbi
  Ivory Coast
Guo Yunfei
  China
Oh Hye-ri
  South Korea
+67 kg Bianca Walkden
  Great Britain
Jackie Galloway
  United States
Nafia Kus
  Turkey

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Korea (KOR)4217
2  Russia (RUS)1124
3  Turkey (TUR)1012
4  Great Britain (GBR)1001
  Ivory Coast (CIV)1001
6  China (CHN)0325
7  Serbia (SRB)0101
  United States (USA)0101
9  Azerbaijan (AZE)0011
  Iran (IRI)0011
Totals (10 entries)88824


References

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  1. ^ "Information - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. ^ "Information - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  3. ^ "results - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  4. ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  5. ^ "results - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-06.